Know the Game - Penalty Rule

What happens when you break the rules? The Penalty Rule 🚨 #KnowTheGame Basically, the penalty in the America’s Cup, including when a boat is OCS, is to slow down and get two boat lengths behind the other boat, which means put one boat length of water between the two boats. However, if a boat sails out of bounds or fouls a boat on a different leg of the course, the penalty is to slow down until the umpires decide the boat has lost two boat lengths in the race relative to the other boat. To protest, the skippers will hit their “protest button.” There will be umpires following the boats on the racecourse and umpires sitting in a booth on shore. Umpires in the booth have video and graphic views of the boats, and can replay situations before making their decisions, if needed. The umpires in the booth administer the penalties by turning on a boat’s penalty light. When the umpires decide the boat has fulfilled its penalty, they will turn off the penalty light. SUBSCRIBE to the official America's Cup channel: www.youtube.com/americascup Like America’s Cup On Facebook: www.facebook.com/americascup Follow America’s Cup On Twitter: www.twitter.com/americascup Follow America’s Cup On Instagram: www.instagram.com/americascup Stay up to date with the America’s Cup newsletter: www.americascup.com/en/newsletter The 36th America's Cup presented by Prada will be contested by the winner of the 2017 America's Cup, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron represented by their team, Emirates Team New Zealand, and the winner of the Prada Cup, the challenger selection series which takes place in January–February in 2021. #AmericasCup #AC36 #Auckland2021